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An Ancient Trap
Engineer Jordan and the crew of the mining vessel Kirkland traveled a year to reach the MacReady system.
Following a lead from a prospecting satellite, the Kirkland deploys its mining operations on one of the system’s three planets.
From the moment they begin drilling through MacReady’s rocky surface and into the veins of precious metals, everything changes. Miners disappear, a disaster threatens the Kirkland, and Jordan finds himself fighting to save both his ship and the miners trapped on the surface of a planet that isn’t a planet.
From Paul E Cooley, author of The Black, The Derelict Saga, and Station 3, An Ancient Trap is a suspenseful sci-fi adventure that will make you shiver.
Following a lead from a prospecting satellite, the Kirkland deploys its mining operations on one of the system’s three planets.
From the moment they begin drilling through MacReady’s rocky surface and into the veins of precious metals, everything changes. Miners disappear, a disaster threatens the Kirkland, and Jordan finds himself fighting to save both his ship and the miners trapped on the surface of a planet that isn’t a planet.
From Paul E Cooley, author of The Black, The Derelict Saga, and Station 3, An Ancient Trap is a suspenseful sci-fi adventure that will make you shiver.
- GenresScience FictionHorror
316 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 21, 2024
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About the author
Paul Elard Cooley
34 books250 followersPaul E Cooley is a full-time writer and Parsec Award Winning podcaster from Houston, Texas. In 2009, he began producing free psychological thriller and horror podcasts, essays, and reviews available from Shadowpublications.com and iTunes.
His stories have been listened to by thousands and he has been a guest on such notable podcasts as Podioracket, John Mierau‘s “Podcast Teardown,” Geek Out with Mainframe, Shadowcast Audio, and Vertigo Radio Live. In 2010, his short story Canvas and novella Tattoo were nominated for Parsec Awards. Tattoo became a Parsec Award finalist. He has collaborated with New York Times Bestselling author Scott Sigler on the series “The Crypt” and co-wrote the novella “The Rider” (projected to release in 2014). In addition to his writing, Paul has contributed his voice talents to a number of podiofiction productions.
He has two Amazon best-selling series: The Black and The Derelict Saga.
He is also a co-host on the renown Dead Robots’ Society writing podcast.
His stories have been listened to by thousands and he has been a guest on such notable podcasts as Podioracket, John Mierau‘s “Podcast Teardown,” Geek Out with Mainframe, Shadowcast Audio, and Vertigo Radio Live. In 2010, his short story Canvas and novella Tattoo were nominated for Parsec Awards. Tattoo became a Parsec Award finalist. He has collaborated with New York Times Bestselling author Scott Sigler on the series “The Crypt” and co-wrote the novella “The Rider” (projected to release in 2014). In addition to his writing, Paul has contributed his voice talents to a number of podiofiction productions.
He has two Amazon best-selling series: The Black and The Derelict Saga.
He is also a co-host on the renown Dead Robots’ Society writing podcast.
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April 3, 2024
Cool story. Paul E Cooley does space very well. He comes up with fantastic and believable technology, and interesting and "rootable" characters, and any alien life is sure to be creative and horrible. This was all true in this well told story. It was great. The only minus that I would say, is that for an impatient person like me, it took too long to get to the real action. I knew it was coming, the signs and feeling of dread was there, but it took a beat longer than I would have liked. When it came I was not disappointed. It was a good one.
April 6, 2025
Pretty good sci-fi horror mystery
For the most part this book was really good, but the ending faltered a little. There's plenty of mystery about the planet and what's going on. The main character Jordan isn't your stereotypical action hero, just a normal guy thrust into a nightmare scenario. Parasite was actually a really interesting character, not quite the villian it's initially made out to be. The ending did feel a bit rushed and confusing.
For the most part this book was really good, but the ending faltered a little. There's plenty of mystery about the planet and what's going on. The main character Jordan isn't your stereotypical action hero, just a normal guy thrust into a nightmare scenario. Parasite was actually a really interesting character, not quite the villian it's initially made out to be. The ending did feel a bit rushed and confusing.
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